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The Ban Dia are the only true immortals to ever have existed. They, you, cannot die.
Each Ban Dia can only ever produce one, single pure-blooded offspring. I imagine your mother
assumed you were not it, and that’s why she abandoned you.
She’s not turning them, she’s restoring their connection to the magic.
These two,”
Vic nodded toward Cole and Vali, who stood glowering with their identical granit...
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“They were never human. Just like the rest of you. You just ...
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your kind is capable of almost limitless magic, but it all comes at a price. Your physical form can only contain so much magic at any one time, so the Ban Dia sought out Guardians, or dionach, to act as a sort of magical backup generator. They searched the Earth
and chose the most prime examples among human men—the strongest, smartest, fastest men they could find—then they imbued them with their own ancient magic, effectively creating the first supernaturals. When a Ban Dia expends a huge amount of magic, she can then pull from her dionach to refuel.”
No Ban Dia was ever able to bind more than three Guardians to her, which kept a balance of power.”
Once you get good at what you’re doing, really get a handle on your magic, then you’ll be able to pull with just simple skin to skin contact. Until then, though, intimacy is the easiest way.”
“So you’re saying that three of us are Kit’s guardians, then? Her dionach?”
“No.”
“I’m not saying three of you are. I’m saying all of you are. I can feel her magic on all six of ye.
“Bride doesn’t want people knowing her business. Her secrets are her secrets, so she placed a geas on us, her dionach, which prevents us speaking them.
we’re her chosen dionach. She had to heal us to make us immortal like herself.
None of the Ban Dia retained their ability
to heal others, so there’s no shame in not succeeding here.”
Ever since they’d realized I had accidentally nicknamed River Alpha, which was
coincidentally also his call sign, they’d been using it a whole lot more.
“Oh dear. Don’t tell me Dragă’s daddy is going to bitch slap the lot of you.”
More and more when I was around the guys, I had this almost unconscious drive to be touching them all the time—which kind of made sense now.
His hand tightened on mine, and my
stomach flipped with butterflies at hearing him call me our girl.
The Ban Dia chose their dianoch. Chose being the key word there. If the six of us are it for you, then you’ve got no one to blame but yourself, Kitty Kat.”
“Not fast enough though. I can... feel your pain.
Under my left hand, it felt wet and sticky, like I had dipped my palm in a bucket of blood. Under my right, it was the distinctively silky feeling of a bird’s feathers.
“Babe, you feel... incredible. Like you were made for me. Us. Fuck, why is the idea of sharing you such a goddamn turn on?”
Ever since you healed me though, I’ve been able to kind of feel your emotions. Like right then, I could feel you were nervous.”
I have it on good authority that he’s actually working to legalize all of the Balaur income streams.”
“Balaur?”
“It’s the name of Vali’s organization, which was founded by our grandfather back in Romania and brought to America by our father when we were just kids. It means “dragon” in Romanian. The dragon was always on our family crest, and when we were little our grandmothe...
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Vulpe.”
Fox
I suspect his ability to sense danger is from his birth mom. She was Romani, and our grandmother always used to tell stories about the Romani people’s magical powers—the most common of which is their power of foresight.”
“Did you just call a badass, dragon shifter, ex-fighter, secret agent, cute?”
His smoky voice in the darkness was part offended and part amused,
“Have you guys ever...?”
“Fucked?”
“No. But we’re not against a little sword crossing when thin...
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“If you were a Ban Dia, what would be the most vital piece of information to know about yourself?”
“I would want to know where my bloodstone ring was. All Ban Dia children are gifted one at birth, regardless of whether they are the heir to the magic or not. For the ones who are not Ban Dia, it is just a pretty trinket. For those who are, it is vital to completing the bond with her guardians.”
“Once she chooses her three guardians, their blood is collected by the stone, which the Ban Dia then wears on her left ring finger. It allows almost like a reciprocal bond between them so the dianoch can tap into some of their Ban Dia’s abilities and she can draw from theirs.
don’t trust anyone but your Ban Dia and fellow dianoch.”
until a Ban Dia gets full control of her magic, it’ll be bleeding out into everyone around her, whether she intends it to or not.”
All I know is what my grandmother told me, that she had the sight.”
It was just a feeling that something bad was going to happen.
I simply need her to restore your magic so you can take over this fucking responsibility of being the Ink Mage,
Jackson was Yoshi’s twin, in the magical sense. They weren’t blood related like Caleb and I, but Jackson was the Blood Mage to Yoshi’s Ink.
There could only ever be one Ink and one Blood Mage in existence, and they represented the strongest Mages alive.
Part of Yoshi’s unique power was that he could imbue any ink with his will.
